Java 7 JColorChooser: Disable Transparency Slider

Question

JDK 7 added a new transparency slider to the JColorChooser:

The proble

Answer 1

Java 9 adds a new property to AbstractColorChooserPanel to control these sliders:

public void setColorTransparencySelectionEnabled(boolean b);
public boolean isColorTransparencySelectionEnabled();

There is also a new overload of the static JColorChooser.showDialog method to specify that same property:

public static Color showDialog(Component component, String title, Color initialColor,
    boolean colorTransparencySelectionEnabled);

Java 9 is expected to be released in March 2017.